Caramelized Onion and Tomato Compote
I received a huge bag of beautiful tomatoes from S's moms garden and thought of using up the abundance of onions I had along with it. Created a Caramelized Onion and Roasted Tomato Compote.
Ingredients:
- about 6 pounds of your choice of tomatoes
- 2 large yellow onions
- 5 T olive oil
- Salt & Pepper
- 1/4 tsp ground Chipotle pepper
- 1/4 c. brown sugar
Steps:
Slice or chop the onions small and set aside. Add a few T of olive oil to pan and heat to medium high. Add the sliced onions and let them cook down until they get caramelized.
While you let your onions cook, preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Wash and chop all your tomatoes into small chunks and place in a roasting pan with a little olive oil and salt and pepper.
Roast the tomatoes for about 30-40 minutes until they are soft and falling apart. Give them a stir after 25 minutes and continue cooking till done.
When the onions are all caramelized and the tomatoes are soft like in the picture, add the tomatoes into the pan with the onions and cook together for a little bit. Add another tsp of salt, 1/4 tsp of chipotle chili powder and stir well. After about 5-10 minutes of cooking (after some of the liquid has evaporated)
add the 1/4 cup of brown sugar. Let this cook for an additional 5 minutes until all flavors are incorporated. Make sure to taste before finishing.
Use a hand blender and spot blend until it is well incorporated. Pulse the blender so it doesn't turn to soup. You want to keep it chunky. If you don't have a hand blender then add it to a food processor and pulse blend a couple times. You may need to do it in a couple small batches.
At this point, you can begin jarring to preserve or give as gifts, or just put in a tightly sealed container for further consumption. This can last up to a week or so in the fridge. If you choose to jar and preserve it go to this website and follow the directions very carefully to make sure you are preserving properly.
You can use this for a variety of things:
- put over your favorite meats
- On a crostini with your favorite cheese
- Use as a dip with a pita chip
- Put a dolup in your veggie soup
- Experiment to find your favorite way!
NEXT RECIPE...
Apple Pear Butter
I had a request for an Apple and Pear Butter Recipe! So here it is :)
Could use crock-pot!
Ingredients
- 4 of your favorite apples
- 4 of your favorite pears
- 1 cup apple cider juice
- 2 T ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- 1 split vanilla bean or 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
- 1 cup water
- 1 Meyer lemon (zest or peel with no white rind)
Peel, core and chop all pears and apples and put in a large sauce pan along with the rest of the ingredients. (If you are using a crock-pot then you would do the same prep but just add everything to the crock pot, give it a good stir and put on low for 8-10 hours. - the following directions are for using a pot. I will let you know when the next crock-pot instructions are.)
The liquid will only coat the bottom of the pan to give it moisture. As it cooks it is going to release a lot of water and juices. Cover with a lid and put on a medium simmer for 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Stir it every 30-40 minutes to help the juices disperse.
After 1 1/2 -2 hours it will look like this. The fruit will be very soft and breaks apart easy. At this point you are ready for blending.
CROCK-POT USERS: After the 8 hours on low make sure it is nice and soft and falls apart easy. If it is doing so you are ready to blend!
Blend using a hand blender or a regular blender. If using a regular blender you may want to do it in batches. It is very hot and can expand in blenders so be careful.
When it is smooth and buttery you can proceed to jar it with the same link from above or put in an air tight container for up to about 10 days.
Typically Apple butter does not have butter in it but I did add 2 T of cold butter in at the end once it is blended. Stir it into the blended mixture until fully melted and incorporated. The smallest amount makes it so rich and creamy tasting.
ENJOY & HAPPY COOKING :)
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